ZM003
Chitunta Plain


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus LC resident (1998) present A3
Great Snipe Gallinago media NT winter (-) present A1
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris LC resident (1998) present A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni LC resident (1998) present A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae LC resident (1998) present A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris LC resident (1998) present A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris LC resident (1998) present A3
Angola Lark Mirafra angolensis LC resident (1998) present A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla LC resident (1998) present A3
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi LC resident (1998) present A3
Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens LC resident (1998) present A3
Dambo Cisticola Cisticola dambo LC resident (1998) present A3
Red-throated Swallow Petrochelidon rufigula LC resident (1998) present A3
Black-and-rufous Swallow Hirundo nigrorufa LC resident (1998) present A3
Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii LC resident (1998) present A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana LC resident (1998) present A3
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata LC resident (1998) present A3
Bocage's Weaver Ploceus temporalis LC resident (1998) present A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa LC resident (1998) present A3
Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni LC resident (1998) present A3
Grimwood's Longclaw Macronyx grimwoodi LC resident (1998) present A1, A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli LC resident (1998) present A3

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2005) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2005 good low very low
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
yes habitat -

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat Quantity (% remaining) Quality (% carrying capacity) Result
Forest good (>90%) good (>90%) good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification happe­ning now few indivi­duals/small area (<10%) no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations) low
Biological resource use happe­ning now few indivi­duals/small area (<10%) no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations) low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%) No management planning has taken place Very little or no conservation action taking place very low

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 100

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
fisheries/aquaculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chitunta Plain (Zambia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chitunta-plain-iba-zambia on 23/12/2024.